RESOLUTIONNUMBER ____185________
ILLINOISTRANSPORTATIONENHANCEMENTPROGRAM
LOCALASSURANCERESOLUTION
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WHEREAS
the MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF MOMENCE,
KankakeeCounty, Illinois desires to improve and enhance transportation corridorswithin
theCITY; and
WHEREAS
the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) administers the Illinois
Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP) through funds from the Federal Surface
Transportation Program to assist local communities with pedestrian/bicycle facilities,
scenic/historic highway programs, landscape/scenic beautification, historic preservation,
rehabilitation of historic transportation facilities, safety/education activities for
pedestrians/bicyclists, acquisition of scenic easements or scenic/historic sites,
preservation of abandoned railway corridors for conversion to trails, control and removal
of outdoor advertising, transportation museums, environmental water quality mitigation
orwildlife preservation, and archeological planning and research; and
WHEREAS
the ITEP is a reimbursement program, not a grant program, and will
reimburse 50% of the costs for land acquisition and 80% of the costs for engineering, and
bill local agency20%of the costs for construction; and
WHEREAS
a sunset clausewill be enforced and sets requirements for the time a sponsor
has to begin a project. If preliminary engineering is funded, this workmust beginwithin
12months of the date of selection notification letter.
Upon completion of phase I engineering (PE I), the local sponsor will provide IDOTwith
a work implementation schedule for the remaining project stages. IDOT must approve
this schedule before phase II engineering can begin. The expectation of IDOT is that
construction will be scheduled for letting within 12 months of the completion of PE I.
Anymodification to thework schedulewill require appropriate justification.
Failure tomeet schedulemay result in forfeiture of ITEP funds.
WHEREAS
one (1) application for ITEP funding is to be submitted online by June 17,
2016, with two (2) hard copies of the application and the attachments delivered to IDOT
by close of business (4:30PM) June 17, 2016, and
WHEREAS
the “IL 1/17 Streetscape”, consisting of the installation of streetscape
elements including new ADA assessable sidewalk, detectable warnings, parkway paver
blocks, tree grates, and trees on the east and west sides of IL 1/17 betweenWashington
Street and River Street, has been identified by CITY staff to comply with the CITY
desires to improve and enhance the transportation corridorswithin theCITY.
NOW, BE IT RESOLVED
that the MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF
MOMENCE, Kankakee County, Illinois authorize the CITY staff to apply to the Illinois
